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If you have gone back to look at some of my older posts you will see that I am not a "one project at a time" kind of girl. I used to be. Then I met some other stitchers and their influence was pretty strong. I'm not, however, the kind of person who can have hundred of projects started. I have a stitching friend who is joining this group that will start a new project a day for 10 days. I couldn't do that. Too many projects started and I get seriously overwhelmed.

So, while Intervention has been taking up the bulk of my stitching time lately, I have been working on other projects here and there, as well. Let's take a look!

As you can see, Intervention's borders are almost complete . Now I get to pour through my book and pick motifs for each section of the piece. Last night I had stitch night with my friend, and she and her husband thought it was a cool project to work on being that there really is no pattern. We will see where it takes me, but I…

It's been a busy time here. Spring break starts this week, which means Easter is on its way, so why are we dealing with two kids sick with the flu? Ugh! We get through the whole winter with no one being really sick, and now that spring is here we have fevers and barky coughs. It was not a fun week.

Work on Intervention is continuing. I finished the blue, spring border:

I was really happy with these colors, and how this border turned out. It was time to turn to my trusty book to find a border that I thought them would represent winter. Nothing with a lot of flowers or leaves on it, but that was all that I was seeing. The I saw it:

Sort of snow flake like! I used dark colors, not only to represent the lack of bright colors and flowers, but also because the sun sets so early during the winter and it's dark for longer each day.
This is what the project looks like as of this morning:

One more corner to work on, and then I can start to work on filling in each section with …

Welcome to my blog! I'm Pam, a stay at home mom to two boys and a great, hockey playing husband. I love to stitch, but I'm a big reader, and I like to cook, quilt, and bake, among other things. Join me as I travel this road and take my stitching along with me for the ride!